GordonCole
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Hasa TCM shown El Topo by Alejandro JOdorowsky yet.
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I travelled cross country to a small little townin the midwest awhile back just to see a film in cinerarama. It was well worth it. At the time he was the only person stateside showing anything in cinerama and had converted his small theater for it.
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Afilm.
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Linda Scott and Connie Stevens right now.
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What I find most informative about this thread is how everyone believes everything and anything anyone says whole cloth about themself if it is written like a spy novel. I would have thought it would seem odd that someone flips out about their email address being exposed but basically tells everything else about themself with no qualms. Of course perhaps they are under the witness protection plan or into espionage as a double agent which could explain things. That type of behavior of swallowing a camel yet straining at a gnat might appear to be a tell or sign to those more questioning but it appears not to be the case here. I now know where to go to sell some nice swampland I have that Trump used to own.
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RE the original post I think there's a reason for anonymity on the net and that's why I don't divulge any personal matter. I also being cynical would question anything personal that is given out too freely questioning the motive. Have experienced frauds and lies on other sites that get uncovered after information doesn't fit. I rememeber a famous incident involving someone here who pretended to be a member of the Doheny family for years his name was Larry. It turned out his so called mother had never had any children. HE went so far as to say he was invited to dinners with the Queen in canada but was found out by someone who actually compared the menu he gave out here to the official one released by the Canadian authorities. Another fraud was outed by someone named Cassiopeia I think who was never taken in when people would fabricate. Im sure some people tell the truth but I think there are more who don't For these reasons I don't believe in sharing anything much with people online but fake name, no rank and no serial number.Those who want to of course are free to do so but caveat emptor.
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Here is a new film at this year's BFI Festival that may interest some ...
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) by Kent Jones.
No doubt this documentary is based on the time Truffaut was doing his interviews for his book on Hitchcock. It looks very interesting and one would think a natural to be shown on TCM at some point.
I used to own that book and it was instrumental.
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What happened to the rodent? (LOL).
What happened to the companion thread bout what would make u leave this place.
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None but it has a good soundtrack.
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LOL!
Ditto
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Incredible movie too bad its not more well known
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From the look on Holm's face later in the film it looks like they did.
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Thanks Dargo! That must be it! Powell and many of the other crooners of that era had voices that too much resemble Opera. Sorry Opera lovers, I just can't handle it, unless it's in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
What's interesting is that I really like Fred Astaire's singing during this era, even though he doesn't have a particularly strong voice. I think I like it because he just sings the songs and they seem simple and from the heart.
I've noticed in a lot of films, that often times, the male star (e.g. Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Marlon Brando) will sing in his own voice, no matter how weak. It seems to always be the female actors who have their voices dubbed, unless they're someone like Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe who have such unique voices that it would be a travesty to dub them. I wonder why the studios didn't feel compelled to dub their male actors? Perhaps they didn't have many male singers on the payroll?
Kid, I'm sorry this is getting off topic...
One successful Golden Era star with "New" star pairing was the aforementioned Fred Astaire with Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face. Even though, Astaire looks like he could be Hepburn's father, he's so elegant and charming, it works for me.
Nothing like having stars who can't sing lip synch to another's record just pick a catchy tune and go with it.
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I think some examples of qualifed "film critics" of your liking would be instructive, Tiki Soo.
I never said I liked any particular film critics. I just happen to know a few professional film critics personally.
Their lives are very different from what many imagine: they go to the multiplex and view six movies in a row, not in a public theater, but one populated with other reviewers. Some take notes in the dark, others don't. But pretty much all of them stay for the entire movie...no matter how bad.
There's nothing leisurely or fun about it, it's WORK.
Then they go home & write. It's not leisurely or fun, they have deadlines.
And they have to see ALL the movies, not just movies that fit into their taste of genres. They are writing for everyone's tastes, not just their own.
But once you get to know a reviewer, you can count on their slant. This is what happened with Siskel & Ebert- people got to know their differences (I happened to side more with Siskel's thinking, while the GP sided more with Ebert on divided reviews)
I was always amazed reading reviews of movies I had just seen with a professional reviewer. They were much more broad and descriptive rather than simply personal opinion.
(one review theater had a big stain on the bottom right of the screen "where one guy threw a Coke at it, he hated the movie so much")
I'd much rather see a film reviewed by someone with a POV than someone just giving a middle of the road slant which is so bland and meaningless. Course for the general movie public that's fine sicne movies are just something to fill spare time. Most movie buffs I've known stopped reading any reveiws by the time they were 20 since they already knew enough to not need an outsiders opinion. Movie reviews in a paper are just fluff and today's newspaper is tomorrows toilet paper. As for professional film critics all I can think of is Zappa's comments about music critics.
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Heard talk that River might be remade wonder how that will work out.
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Um, Japanese subtitles?
Good idea and put Ray Burr in a few scenes
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A mockumentary which doesn't mock anyone or anything seems counterproductive.
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The guys hollywood royalty. A parade should be organized in his honor. Too bad not many remember his work. Thinking outside the box is where inspiration lies.
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I post here until I start reading posts by control freaks who want to channel things into only acceptable subjcet matter and then I leave. I leave every few months due to this happening frequently. I find it boring.
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Never wanted to watch this but now i do thanks, cavegirl.
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Looking forward to this film is anyone else going.
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Glad to see that Paul Mazursky got outta acting adn became a director as he's much better at that we all think.
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The dif between most typical noir and western noir is the vistas are wide and not crowded in a western but one can still feel isolated and cramped in quarters. Also westerns havew similar themes about greed, crime, and marginal characters which show up in noir. I would say Blood on the Moon is a very noir western and definitely Red River too.
A movie about a most famous patient of Freud
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Saw that show on the existence of mermaids and started laughing at the concept in the first minute and couldn't believe later that anyone was taken in. I guess the old saying that there's afool born every minute still is true. While I was in London the BBC produced many documentaries about things that did not exist as April Fool jokes and it is only Americans who would expect to have a preshow banner explaining to them that the show is a joke and not to be taken seriously. Duh!